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Submitted: 12/22/15 • Approved: 12/23/15 • Last Updated: 3/28/18 • R780774-G780772-S3
Dewitt
Apr 9, 1844 - Jan 9, 1907
Alice
Died Sept 2, 1936
D.C. PIERCE.—Born in 1844; died in Kirksville, January 9, 1907. He had been a resident of Kirksville for over fifty years. He was circuit clerk and recorder from 1874 to 1878, and postmaster under Cleveland's second administration. He was engaged in mercantile business at different times, and was very successful. He was a mason and a Cumberland Presbyterian.
History of Adair County
By Eugene Morrow Violette
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D.C. Pierce, our friend, citizen and business man, died at his home Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the age of 63 years[.] For many days his condition had been growing worse, and early in his disability his case became hopeless. Diabetes, that unconquerable foe of humanity, cut him down and now he is seen among us no more. The funeral will be held at the residence today at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. W.P. Nason, assisted by Dr. Templeton, under charge of the Masonic Fraternity.
Kirksville Democrat
Kirksville, Missouri
January 11, 1907
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Obituary.
DeWitt C. Pierce was born April 2, 1844, in Madison county, Ind. He came with his father's family to Kirksville about 1856, and has lived here ever since till his death, on the evening of the 9th of January 1907. He attended the schools at Kirksville during the fifties. On Dec. 2nd, 1875, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Hartupe. Of this union one little girl, Aileen, was born but in her fourth year she departed, a sweet flower nipped in the bud. Mr. Pierce joined the C.P. church June 12, 1887, being baptised the same day by Dr. J.B. Mitchell[.] In March 1883 he was elected, ordained and installed as a deacon in the congregation. He was postmaster during Cleveland's second administration. He was elected to the office of circuit clerk and recorder in 1874 and when not filling some public office, he engaged in the grocery business.
Both as a business man and a public officer he was a deservedly popular for he was ever industrious, energetic, and faithful to every trust confided in him. He was ever the same congenial, companionable man. For almost fifty years the writer has know DeWitt C. Pierce; first as a boy of twelve or thirteen years, a student in W.P. Nason's school in 1858, 1859 and from that time on I have known him having lived all these years with him in this town and I have never heard one word spoken against him. He was a good citizen, a true friend, a loving, loyal husband. Brother Pierce leaves a wife, a sister, two brothers and a host of friends to mourn their lost. The funeral services were conducted by the writer assisted by Dr. Templeton and Rev. G.W. Sharp at the home and the burial was in Forest cemetery. The burial was by the Masonic fraternity[.]
"Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
From which none ever weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes."
Kirksville Journal
Kirksville, Missouri
January 17, 1907
Parents:
Edward L. Pierce (1813 - 1872)
Deborah O. Pierce (1818 - 1904)
Spouse:
Alice Pierce Hartupee Grace (1856 - 1937)
Children:
Eileen Pierce (1876 - 1880)
MRS. ALICE PIERCE GRACE DIES HERE
Was In Hospital Two Months; Funeral Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Pierce Grace, widow of Frank A. Grace and a resident of Kirksville all her adult life except for a brief period spent in California, died in a local hospital last night at 11:30 o'clock.
Death was attributed by her physician to arterio-schlerosis and chronic nephritis. She had been under hospital care for two months.
The funeral is to be held at the Davis Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. B.N. Covert, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be made in Forest Cemetery.
Mrs. Grace was born in Cedar County, Iowa, a daughter of Daniel Wilson and Martha Culver Hartupee. She came to Kirksville as a young woman to attend the state college and met D.C. Pierce, to whom she was married. Mr. Pierce once was postmaster here and subsequently operated a grocery store. They had one daughter, who died when four years old.
Mr. Pierce died thirty-two years ago and seventeen years ago she was married to F.A. Grace, in California. Mr. Grace preceded her in death five years ago.
Surviving are two brother[s], Dr. Wm. Hartupee, Des Moines, and Dr. Charles Hartupee, Redwing, Minn., three nephews and one niece, as follows: Mrs. Lucille Wolvin, Denver; Harry Hartupee, Des Moines; Gaylord Hartupee, Detroit, and Charles Henry Hartupee, Minneapolis.
Mrs. Grace was active in the Sojourners Club here several years ago. She played the organ for several years at the old Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
September 3, 1937
Spouses:
Frank A. Grace (____ - 1932)
DeWitt C. Pierce (1844 - 1907)
Children:
Eileen Pierce (1876 - 1880)
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